Academic Efficiency, Quality and Innovation
University of Massachusetts
Academic Effectiveness and Efficiency
April 2017
THIS DASHBOARD IS A ‘WORK-IN-PROGRESS’
Academic Efficiency, Quality and Innovation
Strategic Priorities
1
Improve retention and reduce the cost to students
and their families.
Strengthen campus-based academic planning by
identifying opportunities to maximize student
enrollment in programs and courses.
Support academic collaboration and promote
efficiencies in academic support and administration
including the Libraries.
Enhance innovation and growth in online education.
Boost research revenue and promote efficiency in
research administration.
Improve Freshmen Retention and
Graduation Rates
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
1-Year Retention Rate (Freshmen):
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
(1st year Medical Student) UMMS
90%
80%
79%
84%
100%
91%
78%
75%
86%
100%
91%
79%
73%
85%
100%
4-Year Graduation Rate (Freshmen): UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
67%
16%
28%
32%
-
67%
17%
26%
39%
-
71%
18%
36%
38%
-
6-Year Graduation Rate (Freshmen): UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
(Medical School Graduate) UMMS
76%
42%
47%
54%
98%
78%
42%
46%
56%
98%
76%
45%
49%
56%
98%
Retention and Graduation Success
Improve Transfer Student Retention and
Graduation Rates
1
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
1-Year Retention Rate (Transfer-FT): UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
85%
83%
77%
81%
-
88%
80%
76%
81%
-
87%
83%
78%
81%
-
4-Year Graduation (Transfer-FT): UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
74%
64%
71%
62%
-
76%
71%
64%
66%
-
74%
69%
69%
64%
-
Reduce Costs to Students and Families
1
AY 14/15
AY 15/16
AY 16/17
82%
90%
90%
90%
97%
87%
88%
91%
89%
97%
84%
TBD
90%
88%
TDB
70%
66%
81%
81%
62.5%
68%
63%
84%
78%
61%
68%
TBD
78%
78%
TDB
$31,958
$27,229
$31,070
$30,505
$133,970
$31,397
$28,368
$31,926
$31,432
$115,772
$31,198
TBD
$32,099
$31,432
TDB
Costs to Students and Families
Percent Financial Need Met (in-state): UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
Percent Students Graduating with Debt: UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
Average Debt Load: UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
Strengthen Academic Planning
Academic Quality & Development (AQAD)*:
# of Depts under review/total # of Depts:
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
# of Programs under review/ total # of Programs: UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
Total # of Programs with Professional Accreditation: UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
AY 14/15
AY 15/16
AY 16/17
12/57
4/40
2/38
11/35
1/24
43/240
1/136
21/136
29/186
0/4
63
27
2
46
2
11/59
3/40
3/38
6/35
1/25
23/239
0/136
8/140
13/189
0/4
63
29
2
46
2
9/59
7/40
6/38
2/35
4/25
37/239
4/136
17/142
6/192
2/4
63
29
2
46
2
Strengthen Academic Planning
AY 14/15
AY 15/16
AY 16/17
Fall % of Low Enrollment Undergraduate Classes (<12):
(UG classes with <12 students as a % of all UG classes)
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
(No undergraduate students) UMMS
10%
6%
16%
10%
-
11%
9%
12%
11%
-
10%
7%
15%
9%
-
Fall% Low Enrollment PhD&Masters level Classes (<6):
(Grad classes with <6 students as a % of all Grad classes)
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
19%
10%
39%
13%
7.5%
19%
12%
41%
14%
4.3%
17%
14%
46%
14%
4.9%
Support Academic Collaboration
Library and Information Technology Initiatives across all 5
campuses
(metrics to be determined)
▪ Open Education Initiatives (Savings to Students)
• Open Source Text Books
• Course Reserves
▪ Digital Measures (Faculty e-Portfolio Project)
• Consortia licensing of E-Content – databases, e-journals, e-books
• E-Scholarship
▪ System-Wide Assessment of Journal Usage
• Elsevier contract – ScienceDirect for 5 UMass campuses
• Business Source
▪ Procurement Initiatives:
• Database Management
• Journal & Software Acquisition,
• Training Software,
• Site Licenses – EndNote, Turnitin
• Contract Negotiations
• Resource Sharing Initiative
• ILLiad/document delivery
• Green High Performance Computing Center
Enhance Online Growth
Online Growth
Annual Online Course Registration: UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
(* First year of online offerings) UMMS
FY
2013/14
FY
2014/15
FY
2015/16
FY
2016/17
21,864
14,637
4,353
23,372
749*
22,686
14,601
5,384
25,021
2,724
24,524
15,556
6,302
26,834
3,794
26,923
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
10%
10%
5.5%
3.8%
-
3.8%
1.2%
23.7%
7.1%
264%
8.2%
6.1%
17.1%
7.3%
39%
10%
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
$3.8M
$1.8M
$795,451
$7.1M
$2.4M
$333,586
$2.6M
$756,040
$7.9M
$1.6M
(-$121,560)
$4.9M
$1.4M
TBD
$3.9M
TBD
Annual Online Course Registration Growth:
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
(Online offerings initiated FY 13/14) UMMS
Annual Online Revenue Growth:
UMA
UMB
*(Annual revenue) UMD
UML
UMMS
$5.5M
$4.2M
$515,976
Boost Research Revenue Production
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
Externally Funded Research (Millions) UMA
(Reported as Fiscal Year)
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
Indirect cost recovery:
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
$136M
$44.1M
$10.8M
$37.3M
$210.1M
$30.8M
$7.07M
$977,000
$8.4M
$65.4M
$144.1M
$37.9M
$9.3M
$41.4M
$217.7M
$29.6M
$7.05M
$844,000
$9.3M
$67.2M
$149.2M
$41.3M
$9.6M
$36.9M
$217.4M
$29.8M
$7.1M
$872,000
$8.4M
$73.1M
Total R&D Expenditures:
$200.2M
$61.2M
$28.2M
$64.6M
$241.9M
$213.9M
$62.3M
$26.7M
$70.4M
$250.3M
$214.5M
$64.2M
$26.8M
$68.5M
$253M
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
Boost Research Revenue Production
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
$142,200
$125,638
$93,440
$151,267
$173,881
$141,500
$124,499
$88,264
$166,392
$182,462
$150,500
$125,436
$87,660
$159,289
TBD
Technology Licensing Revenue: UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
$752,709
$1464
$30,000
$348,000
$29.9M
$711,498
$1,091
$35,000
$290,000
$33.0M
$1M
$2,218
$39,167
$2.9M
TBD
40
4
3
24
78
37
6
3
25
67
53
2
1
21
TBD
R&D Expenditure per Tenure-System Faculty
INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES
Patent Applications:
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
Human Resource Management Initiatives
Total Faculty FTE (T/TT/NTT/PT):
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
UMMS
Fall 2013
Fall 2014
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
1346
791
458
695
1532
1406
840
449
714
1545
1426
910
461
747
1531
1416
890
474
755
1521
1026(76%)
466 (60%)
302 (66%)
413 (59%)
243 (16%)
1047 (74%)
487 (58%)
303 (67%)
407 (57%)
242 (16%)
1054 (74%)
518 (57%)
300 (65%)
413 (55%)
240 (16%)
1048 (74%)
508 (57%)
306 (65%)
427 (57%)
227(15%)
Total T/TT Faculty FTE (%T/TT of total FTE):
UMA
UMB
UMD
UML
*UMMS
*Lower % is in line with AAMC Accreditation Standards
Next steps
 System-wide Academic Innovation conference to bring
together faculty and academic technologists to highlight
and discuss best practices and implementation
strategies
 Friday, April 28, 2017
 UMass Club, One Beacon St., Boston
 Keynote Speaker: Randy Bass, Vice Provost for Education,
Georgetown University
 Dashboard Enhancements
 Explore Potential and Scalable Opportunities